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Ask HN: Looking for Specific Career Advice?

2 点作者 encima大约 10 年前
So, I am not in the job market having just started a job with a new startup after completing my PhD in Wireless Sensor Networks from Cardiff University.<p>However, I am a 25 year old computer scientist with a love of sensors, tracking, quantified self and the like. However, I have worked in both academia and industry but never seem to stick a job out for more than 6 months at a time (aside from the PhD). I seem to get bored&#x2F;complacent easily and my mind makes me want to move on. Until recently, I blamed this on the jobs (poor dev team, no freedom for research, not adaptive, not learning etc), but someone made the obvious point, &#x27;it is probably you&#x27; a couple weeks back and now I am curious.<p>I am just doing the corrections for my thesis and I plan to continue work with this London startup for as long as my brain allows but I thought you guys would know where one could go to hash out all the things they look for and have someone tell them an area&#x2F;company&#x2F;country etc. General career peeps do not cut it.<p>The PhD was awesome in that it allowed learning, development, teaching, flexibility but never a time to be lazy. But academia is not a stable career choice, with short contracts and the like.<p>I apologise that this seems like a brain dump but I was hoping some people here could help?<p>Thanks!

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JSeymourATL大约 10 年前
&gt; computer scientist with a love of sensors, tracking, quantified self and the like.<p>Have you considered a career path in project consulting? You might imagine that there are senior execs working in all of the areas you mentioned-- that could use your help with short-term projects lasting 3-to-12 months. The duration and variety might appeal to your particular strengths and personality.<p>The challenge for you now is finding agreeable clients, with interesting challenges, who will pay your fee. On this subject, Alan Weiss is masterful &gt; <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/142757.How_to_Acquire_Clients" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;142757.How_to_Acquire_Cli...</a>